On Saturday 28 September 2002 10:16 pm, you wrote: > Are you, by any chance, mean that samba takes the place of pcanywhere? no, samba takes the place of ms file and print shareing serives, Xfree86, and a OS that works correcxtly will allow you to "export" an XFree86 session (if the network is fast enough) and that will allow you to run the desktop as if you were at the machine... a real OS.
> > At 05:23 PM 9/28/2002 +0000, you wrote: > >Andre Stevens wrote: > > > Hi Derek! > > > > > > Thank you for the reference. I'll check it out as soon as I get soem > > > free time. With reference to the Samba networking, will it allow me to > > > connect my Winodze computers to my Linux computer? Or is it > > > specifically designed for UNIX based systems? > > > >Samba is specifically for Linux-Windows connectivity (UNIX-type-only > >communication is more normally handled by NFS). It has two parts: a > >client (smbclient) that allows a Linux box to talk to Windows boxes > >(e.g. read/write files or print) and a server which does the opposite - > >your Linux box will show up in Network Neighborhood on Windows. > > > >Sir Robin > > > >-- > >"Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. > >It's lovely to be silly at the right moment" - Horace > > > >Robin Turner > >IDMYO > >Bilkent Üniversitesi > >Ankara 06533 > > > >http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > >--- > >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > >Version: 6.0.391 / Virus Database: 222 - Release Date: 9/19/2002
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